UK Military Bridging Floating Equipment.
Military pontoon definition. As modifier a pontoon bridge. Military bridge synonyms Military bridge pronunciation Military bridge translation English dictionary definition of Military bridge. A watertight float or vessel used where buoyancy is required in water as in supporting a bridge in salvage work or where a temporary or mobile structure is required in military operations.
An early pontoon bridge was constructed in 480 bce by Persian engineers to transport Xerxes invading army across the Hellespont Dardanelles. A temporary floating bridge that uses pontoons for support. A floating structure supporting a bridge.
Navy Lighterage Pontoons NLP s is type of pontoon developed in World War Two by the US Navy and used by naval construction teams Seabees and specialized US Army combat engineers on invasion beaches and shallow harbors or harbors where the facilities have been destroyed or do not exit establish docks wharfs barges floating cranes and. One epic feat of ancient military engineering was the pontoon bridge built by the engineers of the Persian king Xerxes across the Hellespont modern Dardanelles which according to Herodotus was accomplished by a mile-long chain of boats 676 in all arranged in two parallel rows. Military engineers hurriedly constructed.
A pontoon bridge. I have an idea that my military superiors are the proper judges of my character and conduct and that their testimony ought to be considered satisfactory as to my _military qualities_. A watertight float or vessel used where buoyancy is required in water as in supporting a bridge in salvage work or where a temporary or mobile structure is required in military operations.
Well known throughout the world as the definitive Special Forces boat the FC range is used by more elite soldiers and sailors than any other craft worldwide. The FC range combines advanced design and technology with Zodiac Milpros famous know-how in inflatable boat manufacturing. The pontoon bridge is probably the oldest form of military bridging equipment back to the original Bridge of Boats I looked at the beginning of the series.
Either of two floats as on the landing gear of some airplanes for landing on water. As modifier. Pontoon bridge floating bridge used primarily but not invariably for military purposes.